bang was located next to the city of manchester stadium at sport ##city , in be ##swick , at the corner of alan turing way and ashton new road ; . it took its name from a quota ##tion of british sprinter lin ##ford christie in which he said that he started his races not merely at the ' bang ' of the starting pistol , but at ' the b of the bang ' . the artwork had been nicknamed ke ##rp ##lun ##k by the locals after the popular children ' s game from the 1970s . prior to the construction of as ##pire at the university of nottingham , b of the bang was britain ' s tallest sculpture at well over twice the height
bang was located next to the city of manchester stadium at sportcity, in beswick, at the corner of alan turing way and ashton new road ;. it took its name from a quotation of british sprinter linford christie in which he said that he started his races not merely at the'bang'of the starting pistol, but at'the b of the bang '. the artwork had been nicknamed kerplunk by the locals after the popular children's game from the 1970s. prior to the construction of aspire at the university of nottingham, b of the bang was britain's tallest sculpture at well over twice the height